LISTEN TO THE WOMEN!!

First of all, an enormous "thank you" to the thousands of women, men and children who rallied, marched and partied in Washington, D.C. this past weekend for the many and various issues that constitute "women's health" and therefore women's lives.  People came from all over the planet to take part in this demonstration.  It was a truly impressive show of solidarity of gender, race, nationality and interests, organized by a coalition representing many facets of our struggle for justice and power.  Amazing grace.

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I'm currently snowed under by end-of-semester stuff, so i won't be doing too much here, but i was so affronted by what i read in today's Bush Greenwatch that i had to give it a little space.  unbeknownst to me, and maybe everyone else, our National Parks have become sites for the cell phone towers that allow our national obsession with cell phone communication to proliferate.  yes, Virginia, there's a cell tower actually overlooking Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park!  furthermore  "Towers in the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Everglades National Parks, Big Cypress and Mojave National Preserves, as well as Yellowstone, have gone up with no public notification or review."

read all about it here, and be sure to click the link to PEER's (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) website where they have a petition you can sign.  according to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress was supposed to oversee the placement of these towers on public lands, and it was supposed to be subject to all kinds of review processes.  under this administration, color me surprised, this has not happened.

While you're at PEER, check this out:  Faith-based Parks?